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From:International Journal of Obesity (Vol. 40, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedThe prevalence of weight discrimination in the United States has led to increasing calls for legal measures to address weight-based inequities on a broader scale. This study examined public support in 2014 and 2015 for...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 22, Issue 40) Peer-ReviewedHave you ever been told you are too fat to work? Are you, for instance, anywhere around 4' 11" and 12st? Then you just might find you are judged unfit to do your job, which is what happened to Maire Parker. Maire has...
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From:Business & Health (Vol. 16, Issue 2)The appellate court in New York state has ruled that an employer's use of weight as one factor among its employee selection standards is not necessarily discriminatory. The decision implies that merely being overweight...
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From:Diabetes Forecast (Vol. 66, Issue 11)Weight discrimination may play a role in obesity, according to a study of more than 6,000 adults. Overweight participants who said they had experienced discrimination because of their weight were 2 1/2 times as likely...
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From:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 95, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedSeveral surveys show that the public holds unfavorable attitudes toward overweight people. In a survey of nutrition and nonnutrition students in various colleges across the country, researchers hypothesized that results...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Current data indicates 70% of adults with obesity report experiencing bias and stigmatisation when engaging with healthcare. Most studies to date, have focused on weight bias from a healthcare professional's...
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From:Community Practitioner (Vol. 81, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAn excess of body fat carries risks for health, (1) and obesity is identified as a leading public health problem in many parts of the world (2) including the UK. (3) Trends in body size are also a concern as the numbers...
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From:Canadian Bulletin of Medical History (Vol. 30, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAbstract. This article adds historical dimension to the developing literature on "obesity stigma': negative treatment and discrimination experienced as a consequence of the belief that overweight people are lazy and...
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From:Maternal and Child Health Journal (Vol. 17, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedTo examine the association between maternal prepregnancy obesity and cognitive test scores of children at early primary school age. A descriptive observational design was used. Study subjects consist of 3,412 US...
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From:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Vol. 17, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedByline: Ramesh. Kumar, Archana. Rastogi, Manoj. Sharma, Vikram. Bhatia, Hitendra. Garg, Chhagan. Bihari, Shiv. Sarin Background: Obesity is an important risk factor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD);...
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From:Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care (Vol. 6, Issue 1)Pressure ulcer development is a significant problem for any hospitalized patient, but the obese patient may be at higher risk for ulcer development. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of the...
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From:The Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine (Vol. 28, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedOverweight and obese patients who are told by a physician that they are overweight are much more likely to have realistic perceptions about their weight, have a desire to lose weight, and attempt to lose weight....
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From:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia (Vol. 59, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedByline: Smita. Prakash, Gaurav. Arora, H. Shobha Rani Sir, Intravenous (IV) cannulation, a common procedure in anaesthetic practice, can at times be difficult and frustrating. We report a 46-year-old male, 109 kg,...
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From:Obesity Management (Vol. 5, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedNew data from the National Center for Health Statistics show that for the firs time, the rates of obesity in the United States exceed rates of overweight. Based on National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey...
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From:Obesity Management (Vol. 5, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedMore than 17 million people participated in the third annual STEPtember, an event organized by the America On the Move[R] (AOM) Foundation Inc. AOM is a national nonprofit organization that assists individuals, families...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 39, Issue 21)As part of an ongoing safety review of the weight-loss drug sibutramine, the Food and Drug Administration is looking at recent data suggesting that the cardiovascular event rate among patients on the medication was...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 24, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBritain's Paul Mason acquired the dismal title 'world's heaviest man' recently. Mr Mason weighs 70 stone. According to newspaper reports he could not attend his mother's funeral because he was unable to leave his...
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From:Nature Reviews Endocrinology (Vol. 6, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedFor obese individuals, successful weight loss and maintenance are notoriously difficult. Traditional drug development fails to exploit knowledge of the psychological factors that crucially influence appetite,...
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From:Healthcare Financial Management (Vol. 63, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedOn Nov. 17, 2008, CMS proposed revisions in its policy on bariatric (weight loss) surgery as a treatment for beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes. The proposed decision notes that type 2 diabetes is one of the...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 35, Issue 21)ORLANDO -- The clinical benefits of gastric bypass surgery go beyond weight loss and include lowering the risk of coronary artery disease, according to the results of a study presented by D. Brandon Williams, M.D., at...